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Lexicon :: Strong's H994 - bî

Aa
בִּי
Transliteration
bî
Pronunciation
bee
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Part of Speech
part of entreaty
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from בָּעָה (H1158) (sense of asking)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 238a

Strong’s Definitions

בִּי bîy, bee; perhaps from H1158 (in the sense of asking); properly, a request; used only adverbially (always with 'my Lord'); oh that!; with leave, or if it please:—alas, O, oh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H994 in the following manner: O (7x), Oh (4x), alas (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H994 in the following manner: O (7x), Oh (4x), alas (1x).

  1. if it please, pray excuse me, excuse me please

    1. used to introduce an entreaty or request

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בִּי bîy, bee; perhaps from H1158 (in the sense of asking); properly, a request; used only adverbially (always with 'my Lord'); oh that!; with leave, or if it please:—alas, O, oh.
STRONGS H994: Abbreviations
† בִּי particle of entreaty, craving permission to address a superior, always followed by אֲדֹנִי (or אֲדֹנָי), and always (except Joshua 7:8) at the beginning of a speech, I pray, excuse me — (not improbable from √ ביי; so that בִּי אֲדֹנִי will be literally a supplication of (i.e. to my lord! compare Wetzst l.c., who compares the Arabic bdb010605 literally a prayer to my lord! a standing formula = Pray, excuse me, used exactly as בֹּי אֲדֹנִי. According to other contracted from בְּעִי, from בָּעָה to ask, and so literally a petition! compare Aramaic בְּבָעוּ, bdb010606 (e.g. Genesis 19:18 Targum, Numbers 12:13 Syriac Version); but ע is not often elided in Hebrew) — Genesis 44:18 בִּי אֲדֹנִי יְדַבֶּרנָֿא I pray, my lord, let thy servant speak, etc.; so Numbers 12:11; Judges 6:13; 1 Samuel 1:26; 1 Kings 3:17, 26, and following by a plural subject Genesis 43:20 יָרֹד יָרַדְנוּ בִּי א׳ Oh, my lord, we came down, etc.; בִּי אֲדֹנָי (to God) Exodus 4:10, 13; Joshua 7:8; Judges 6:15; Judges 13:8 (Greek Version of the LXX in Pentateuch and Joshua δέομαι, δεόμεθα: in other books absurdly ἐν ἐμοί).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:18; 43:20; 44:18

Exodus

4:10; 4:13

Numbers

12:11; 12:13

Joshua

7:8; 7:8

Judges

6:13; 6:15; 13:8

1 Samuel

1:26

1 Kings

3:17; 3:26

H994

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H994 matches the Hebrew בִּי (bî),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:20 - And said, H559 O H994 sir, H113 we came H3381➔ indeed H3381 down ➔H3381 at the first time H8462 to buy H7666 food: H400

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:18 - Then H5066➔ Judah H3063 came near ➔H5066 unto him, H413 and said, H559 Oh H994 my lord, H113 let H1696➔ thy servant, H5650 I pray thee, H4994 speak ➔H1696 a word H1697 in H241➔ my lord's H113 ears, ➔H241 and H408➔ let H2734➔ not ➔H408 thine anger H639 burn ➔H2734 against thy servant: H5650 for H3588 thou H3644➔ art even ➔H3644 as Pharaoh. H6547

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:10 - And H559➔ Moses H4872 said ➔H559 unto H413 the LORD, H3068 O H994 my Lord, H136 I H595 am not H3808 eloquent, H1697 neither H1571 heretofore, H8543 H1571 H8032 nor H1571 since H227 thou hast spoken H1696 unto H413 thy servant: H5650 but H3588 I H595 am slow H3515 of speech, H6310 and H3515➔ of a H3956➔ slow ➔H3515 tongue. ➔H3956

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:13 - And he said, H559 O H994 my Lord, H136 send, H7971 I pray thee, H4994 by the hand H3027 of him whom thou wilt send. H7971

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:11 - And H559➔ Aaron H175 said ➔H559 unto H413 Moses, H4872 Alas, H994 my lord, H113 I beseech thee, H4994 lay H7896 not H408 the sin H2403 upon us, H5921 wherein H834 we have done foolishly, H2973 and wherein H834 we have sinned. H2398

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:8 - O H994 Lord, H136 what H4100 shall I say, H559 when H310 H834 Israel H3478 turneth H2015 their backs H6203 before H6440 their enemies! H341

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - And H559➔ Gideon H1439 said ➔H559 unto him, H413 Oh H994 my Lord, H113 if H3426➔ the LORD H3068 be ➔H3426 with us, H5973 why then H4100 is H4672➔ all H3605 this H2063 befallen us? ➔H4672 and where H346 be all H3605 his miracles H6381 which H834 our fathers H1 told H5608➔ us of, ➔H5608 saying, H559 Did H5927➔ not H3808 the LORD H3068 bring us up ➔H5927 from Egypt? H4714 but now H6258 the LORD H3068 hath forsaken us, H5203 and delivered us H5414 into the hands H3709 of the Midianites. H4080

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:15 - And he said H559 unto him, H413 Oh H994 my Lord, H136 wherewith H4100 shall I save H3467 Israel? H3478 behold, H2009 my family H504 is poor H1800 in Manasseh, H4519 and I H595 am the least H6810 in H1004➔ my father's H1 house. ➔H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:8 - Then H6279➔ Manoah H4495 intreated ➔H6279 the LORD, H3068 and said, H559 O H994 my Lord, H136 let H935➔ the man H376 of God H430 which H834 thou didst send H7971 come ➔H935 again H5750 unto us, H413 and teach us H3384 what H4100 we shall do H6213 unto the child H5288 that shall be born. H3205

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:26 - And she said, H559 Oh H994 my lord, H113 as thy soul H5315 liveth, H2416 my lord, H113 I H589 am the woman H802 that stood H5324 by thee H5973 here, H2088 praying H6419 unto H413 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:17 - And H559➔ the H802➔ one H259 woman ➔H802 said, ➔H559 O H994 my lord, H113 I H589 and H802➔ this H2063 woman ➔H802 dwell H3427 in H1004➔ one H259 house; ➔H1004 and I was delivered of a child H3205 with her H5973 in the house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - Then spake H559 the woman H802 whose H834 the living H2416 child H1121 was unto H413 the king, H4428 for H3588 her bowels H7356 yearned H3648 upon H5921 her son, H1121 and she said, H559 O H994 my lord, H113 give H5414 her the H3205➔ living H2416 child, ➔H3205 and in H4191➔ no H408 wise ➔H4191 slay it. H4191 But the other H2063 said, H559 Let it be H1961 neither H3808 mine H589 nor H1571 thine, but divide H1504 it.
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